Origin and Use of the F-Word
Robert Austin
English
12 December 2011
Fuck-Boy
“Shut up fuckboy,” my best friend Rickey said to my irritating friend Brandon. As everyone was laughing at what Rickey was saying, Brandon was sitting in his chair with a stale look on his face. Then Brandon replied back by saying, “I’m far from being one of those.” Rickey just said, “Okay.” My friends like talking trash. They love calling each other a fuckboy which come from the word fuck. From the Dutch word for mocking, to scratching an itch, to sex and screwing up. In the 21th century, the word fuck can be used for a lot of different reasons, like fuckboy, it is a new hip word to express yourself when you are upset and its so catchy that is going to be use a lot in the future.
Even though people love to say the word fuck and say it on a daily basis, many don’t know where the word comes from. There have been many theories of who originally came up with the word. One theory is that it originated in the 15 century and has a Dutch meaning, to mock. In Germany ficken was another word for “fuck.” In 1558, they compared the Middle High German, ficken, meaning to rub, with the modern German word, ficken, which means to rub, itch, or scratch. Also the German word, ficken, means to have sexual intercourse. The Germans don’t use the word like how Americans do. They tend to say ficken when it only comes down to having sexual intercourse. Even though the Germans had their own meaning of the word “fuck”, the Norwegian word, fukka, and Swedish word, fokka, also means to copulate. Although there were many alternative theories that had to do with the origin of this word, the word has cultivated over a long period of time, (OED).
In the early usage of this word, it had to be one of the most secretive words at the time. People only said the word when it came down to having sexual intercourse, to cheat, or a sign of frustration. In 1784, Prince William let in King William IV and said, “Oh, for the
English
12 December 2011
Fuck-Boy
“Shut up fuckboy,” my best friend Rickey said to my irritating friend Brandon. As everyone was laughing at what Rickey was saying, Brandon was sitting in his chair with a stale look on his face. Then Brandon replied back by saying, “I’m far from being one of those.” Rickey just said, “Okay.” My friends like talking trash. They love calling each other a fuckboy which come from the word fuck. From the Dutch word for mocking, to scratching an itch, to sex and screwing up. In the 21th century, the word fuck can be used for a lot of different reasons, like fuckboy, it is a new hip word to express yourself when you are upset and its so catchy that is going to be use a lot in the future.
Even though people love to say the word fuck and say it on a daily basis, many don’t know where the word comes from. There have been many theories of who originally came up with the word. One theory is that it originated in the 15 century and has a Dutch meaning, to mock. In Germany ficken was another word for “fuck.” In 1558, they compared the Middle High German, ficken, meaning to rub, with the modern German word, ficken, which means to rub, itch, or scratch. Also the German word, ficken, means to have sexual intercourse. The Germans don’t use the word like how Americans do. They tend to say ficken when it only comes down to having sexual intercourse. Even though the Germans had their own meaning of the word “fuck”, the Norwegian word, fukka, and Swedish word, fokka, also means to copulate. Although there were many alternative theories that had to do with the origin of this word, the word has cultivated over a long period of time, (OED).
In the early usage of this word, it had to be one of the most secretive words at the time. People only said the word when it came down to having sexual intercourse, to cheat, or a sign of frustration. In 1784, Prince William let in King William IV and said, “Oh, for the
Cited: “Fuck.” Word Origins. Web. 13 Dec. 2011 “Fuck.” Oxford English Dictionary, 2010. Oxford University Press. Web. 13 Dec. 2011 “Fuck.” Urban Dictionary. Web. 13 Dec. 2011